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Ringfort - rath

Morgans North, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Morgans North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.62167, -9.02427
SMR number
LI010-034----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying area of pasture and rock outcrop, 50m from shoreline of Shannon estuary. Roughly circular area (31m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.95m). Entirely surrounding bank is field boundary which overlies outer foot of bank in places. Latter is abutted by field boundaries at E, SE and W. Gaps in bank at WSW (Wth 1.3m) and ENE (Wth 1.1m) where cattle access interior. Interior, covered by tall nettles and bracken, has many loose stones scattered over surface.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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